Winners of 2016 CFA 40 Under 40 Awards Announced

New York, NY - August 3, 2016

CFA Officially Announces 2016 Award Recipients

The Commercial Finance Association is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural 40 Under 40 Awards. CFA offers its deepest gratitude to all the nominees and their managers. We would also like to recognize the hard work and dedication of the judges: Andrea Petro of Wells Fargo Capital Finance, David Kurzweil of Greenberg Traurig, Jeff Goldrich of North Mill Capital and Bob Trojan of the Commercial Finance Association.

Additionally, Andrea served as Chair of the Awards Program and David served as Vice Chair. The CFA 40 Under 40 Awards would not have been possible without their leadership and their commitment to the young professionals of our industry.

CFA 40 UNDER 40 2016 WINNERS

BUSINESS CONSULTING/TURNAROUND

Joseph Nappi, Phoenix Management Services

Paul Share, Conway MacKenzie

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Eric Bader. Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc.

Andrew Burgess, Marquette Business Credit

Mark Cerminaro, Rapid Financial Services, LLC

Robert Chimenti, Garrison Investment Group

Travis Hunt, Citizens Commercial Banking

Alexa Kolodny, Merchant Factors Corp

Robert E. Meyers, II, Republic Business Credit

Jennifer Palmer, Gerber Finance Inc.

Mark Seigel, Veritas Financial Partners

FIELD EXAMINATION

Michael Bohley, Wells Fargo Capital Finance

LEGAL SERVICES

James Cretella, Otterbourg P.C.

Shadi Enos, Buchalter Nemer

Sarah Gilbert, Hahn & Hessen LLP

Jordan Klein, K&L Gates

Maria McGuire, Goldberg Kohn

Bethani R. Oppenheimer, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Mark D. Silva, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Heather Sonnenberg, Blank Rome LLP

LIQUIDATOR/APPRAISER/AUCTIONEER

Matt Miller, Gordon Brothers Group

Navin Nagrani, Hilco Global

LOAN SYNDICATIONS

Kavian Boots, US Bank

Joye Lynn, Wells Fargo Capital Finance

OPERATIONS

Miin Chen, Siena Lending Group LLC

Susanna Siskind, PNC Business Credit

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Julie Acuff, Wells Fargo Capital Finance

Will Bence, MB Business Capital

Jennifer Borg, North Mill Capital LLC

Jason Hoefler, BMO Harris Bank

Christine Hutchinson, Bank of America

Justin Mills, People's United Business Capital

Hossein Nouri, Regions Business Capital

Alex Smith, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

UNDERWRITING

Samantha Alexander, Wells Fargo Capital Finance

Polly Hackett, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Anthony Masci, CIT Bank N.A.

John N. McDevitt, BNP Paribas

Sam O' Donnell, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Kimberly Winters, Triumph Business Capital

Please be sure to visit the Awards site www.cfa.com/40Under40 for details on the awards celebration on September 22.